In this video, renowned scholar, lawyer and activist, Michelle Alexander, presents new statistics and her personal experiences that confirm the fact that The United States is deliberately and systematically depriving over 50% of young Black men of their human rights (education, opportunities to earn a living and/or receive public assistance). Black and Brown young men are being arrested in disproportionate numbers. They are branded “criminals” for committing minor offenses that are generally overlooked in the White population. Black and Brown men more often end up permanently housed in “new shiny private prisons” for a lifetime. The speaker describes this social ill as a cast system rather than simply a racial issue. As a cast system it has implications to poor people in general. Ms. Alexander’s suggested solution to this social atrocity may surprise you.

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